THIS IS A FUNDUS PHOTO AND A LATE PHASE ANGIOGRAM (6 MINUTES 31 SECONDS) OF A RETINAEXHIBITING CME. THERE APPEARS TO BE EVIDENCE OF AN OLD OCCLUSION AND THE CMEMAY BE SECONDARY TO THAT. ENJOY THIS HAIKU REGARDING THE ANGIOGRAM.

NOTE PETAL PATTERNSIN THE MACULA DUE TO HYPER FLUORESCENCE06/01/07TODAY, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE HYPER-FLUORESCENT PETAL PATTERN IN MY ANGIOGRAM (TYPICAL IN CME PATIENTS) IS, IN FACT, SECONDARY TO THE MACULAR SWELLING AND THAT MY HAIKU IS NOT TECHNICALLY ACURATE. ALLOW ME TO REPHRASE: HYPER FLUORESCENCEIN THE MACULA IS DUETO THE EDEMA

Saturday, April 28, 2007

SCANS - IE Y E S Y SIN RECENT WEEKS, I HAVE BEEN TRAINING WITH THE CAROLINA EYESCANS DEPT TO OPERATE SEVERAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING MACHINES. ITS NOT PHOTOGRAPHY - PER SE, BUT IT IS IMAGING; AND I'M DIGGING IT!THE EYESYS MEASURES THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE CORNEA. BELOW ARE SOMEVIEWS OF THIS MACHINE AND HOW OUR PATIENTS WOULD INTERFACE WITH IT.THE PATIENT LOOKS INTO A SERIES OF RINGS OF LIGHT WITH A TINYVIDEO CAMERA IN THE VERY CENTER. (ONE EYE AT A TIME) THE EYESYSCAPTURES IMAGES OF ITS OWN RINGS REFLECTED IN THE SURFACESOF THE PATIENT'S CORNEAS. (AS SHOWN BELOW)THEN IT CONVERTS THESE IMAGES INTO GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS OFTHE TOPOGRAPHICAL DATA. HERE ARE THE TOPOGRAPHY SCANS OF EACH EYE

Thursday, April 26, 2007

ENOUGH PATHOLOGY, TIME FOR SOME:

A N A T O M YTHE OPTIC DISC IS THE POINT WHERE THE OPTIC NERVE ENTERS THE RETINATHE MACULAIS THE PIGMENTED AREA OF THE RETINA THAT IS RICH IN CONESAND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEAR DETAILED VISIONTHE FOVEAIS A SMALL RODLESS AREA OF THE MACULA THAT PROVIDES ACUTE VISION

Sunday, April 22, 2007

CENTRAL SEROUS RETINOPATHY IS A IDIOPATHIC CONDITION (SOMETIMES TEMPORARY) THAT ISCHARACTERIZED BY A LEAKAGE OF FLUID IN THE CENTRAL MACULARREGION OF THE RETINA RESULTING IN BLURRED OR DISTORTED VISION.

IN THIS ANGIOGRAM I PERFORMED, YOU CAN FIRST SPOT THE LEAKAGE IN THE MACULAIN THE THIRD FRAME OF THE ANGIOGRAM AND TRACK HOW IT GROWS THRU FRAME NINE.(THE ORDER OF FRAMES GOES RIGHT TO LEFT FOR WHATEVER REASON.)

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

C O T T O N W O O L S P O T SCOTTON WOOL SPOTSARE INFARCTS IN THE NERVE FIBER LAYER OF THE RETINACAUSED BY POOR BLOOD FLOW IN OR AN OBSTRUCTION OF SMALL CAPILLARIES (ISCHEMIA).ALTHOUGH THEY CAN DISAPPEAR WITHOUT TREATMENT, THEIR PRESENCE TYPICALLYINDICATES A MORE SERIOUS SYSTEMIC PROBLEM SUCH AS DIABETES OR H.I.V. THEY OBVIOUSLY GOT THEIR NAME DUE TO THEIR RESEMBLANCE TO COTTON-WOOL ...WHATEVER THAT IS.

About Me

I AM A GRADUATE OF THE RANDOLPH COMMUNITY COLLEGE PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY: BIO-COMMUNICATIONS PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM. I AM CURRENTLY PURSUING CAREER IN OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHY AT CAROLINA EYE ASSOCIATES IN PINEHURST, NC, AS AN ANGIOGRAPHER IN THEIR IMAGING DEPARTMENT.